bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
(noun) indiscriminate slaughter; “a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered”; “ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name”; “the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder”; “a huge prison battue was ordered”
battue
(noun) a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
battue (countable and uncountable, plural battues)
(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]
(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tue`, n. Etym: [F. battue, fr. battre to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Battuta.] (Hunting) (a) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game. (b) The game itself. (c) The wanton slaughter of game. Howitt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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